Howard Anthony Gilmer, DO| Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation | MedStar Health
About me
Howard A. Gilmer, DO, joined MedStar NRH as the Medical Director and Assistant Chief of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore, MD. He is now a Medical Director for the Amputee Rehabilitation Program at MedStar NRH.
Dr. Gilmer earned an undergraduate degree in biology from Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy, MA, attended medical school and earned a DO from the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine in Old Westbury, NY, completed an internship at Long Beach Medical Center in Long Beach, NY, and his residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) at MedStar NRH in 2001.
His years of experience include serving as a partner in private practice in PM and R, with appointments at the Salisbury Spine Center, the Salisbury Genesis Nursing Home, Atlantic General Hospital, Peninsula Regional Medical Center, and HealthSouth Chesapeake Rehabilitation Hospital.
Dr. Gilmer holds several professional affiliations, has conducted research with transference value to his position here at MedStar NRH and is a knowledgeable speaker on topics ranging from arthritis to orthotics and prosthetics.
Clinical areas of focus
- Amputation Rehabilitation
- Amputee Rehabilitation
- Back Pain Treatment
- Hip Arthritis Treatment
- Knee Pain Management
- Lateral Meniscus Injury
- Motor Vehicle Accident Rehabilitation
- Muscle Injection
- Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
- Osteoarthritis
- Reproductive Medicine
- Sciatica Treatment
- Shoulder Pain Management
- Spondylosis
- Tendinitis
- Trigger Point Injection
- Ultrasound-Guided Cyst Aspiration
- Wheelchair Assessment
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Acquired Absence Of Limb
- Ankle And Foot Burn
- Ankle And Foot Fracture
- Back Pain
- Back Strain
- Bone Discontinuity
- Bursopathy
- Cardiovascular Disorders Of Newborn
- Chronic Pain
- Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Deforming Dorsopathies
- Disorders Of Autonomic Nervous System
- Dorsalgia
- Dorsopathies
- Elbow Pain
- Enthesopathy Of Lower Limb
- Falls And Gait Disorders
- Fibromyalgia
- Foot Joint Pain
- Fractures Of The Neck
- Functional Intestinal Disorders
- Gait And Balance Problems
- Head Injury
- Hemiplegia
- Hip And Thigh Tendon Injury
- Hip Bursitis
- Hip Osteoarthritis
- Hip Pain
- Inflammatory Spondylopathies
- Intervertebral Disc Disorders
- Joint Derangement
- Knee Joint And Ligament Sprain
- Knee Pain
- Kyphosis
- Lateral Meniscus Injury
- Leg Pain
- Limb Deformity
- Long Term Drug Therapy
- Lower Back Pain
- Lower Leg Injury
- Lumbar Spine Fracture
- Mononeuropathy Of Lower Limb
- Mononeuropathy Of Upper Limb
- Multiple Injuries
- Muscle Disorders
- Muscle Weakness
- Musculoskeletal System Complications
- Myofascial Pain
- Myopathies
- Neck Nerve And Spinal Cord Injury
- Neck Pain
- Nerve Root Disorders
- Neuropathic Pain
- Nontraumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteonecrosis
- Paralytic Syndrome
- Paraplegia And Quadriplegia
- Phantom Limb Pain
- Problems Related To Care Provider Dependency
- Sciatica
- Scoliosis
- Shoulder Arthritis
- Shoulder Burns
- Shoulder Joint Pain
- Shoulder Tendonitis
- Sleep Disorders
- Soft Tissue Pain
- Spinal Cord Diseases
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Spondylopathies
- Spondylosis
- Sports Concussion
- Stroke Rehabilitation
- Subcortical Infarction
- Synovium And Tendon Disorder
- Tendinitis
- Tendinous Disorders
- Thumb Synovitis
- Toe Amputation
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Whiplash Injury
Procedures I perform
- Amputee Rehabilitation
- Back Pain Treatment
- Balance And Coordination Training
- Biofeedback
- Botox Injection
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Durable Medical Equipment Prescription
- Electromyography
- Fitness And Exercise Programs
- Float Therapy
- Hip Arthritis Treatment
- I-131 Therapy
- Iontophoresis For Medication Delivery
- Kinesiology
- Kinesiology Analysis
- Knee Pain Management
- Median Nerve Conduction Studies
- Muscle Injection
- Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
- Nerve Stimulation Therapy
- Neuromuscular Rehabilitation
- Orthopedic Physical Therapy
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Orthotic Device Fitting
- Orthotics Fitting
- Pain Medication Management
- Patching Therapy
- Phonophoresis
- Platelet-Rich Plasma Therapy
- Range Of Motion Exercises
- Rehabilitation Planning
- Speech Therapy
- Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation
- Stem Cell Therapy
- Stroke Rehabilitation
- Synthetic Pathology
- Therapeutic Exercises
- Therapeutic Massage
- Transplant Regenerative Medicine
- Traumatic Brain Injury Therapy
- Trigger Point Injection
Insurance
MedStar Health accepts most major health insurance plans. If you are uncertain as to whether your individual health insurance plan is accepted at MedStar Health, please call your insurance company.
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List of insurance plans we accept
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- CIGNA EPO
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Aetna HMO
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Optimum Choice
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- TRICARE East Select
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Beech Street PPO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Medicare FFS
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- IH-Open HMO Option
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- POS OA
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- OA Plus
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Sentara Health
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- IH-Network Only Plus
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- TRICARE for Life East
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Police and Fire Clinic
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- HighMark
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Choice POS II
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- First Health PPO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- IH-POS Plus
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- TRICARE East Prime
- IH-HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Employee Health Plan
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- IH-EPO Plus
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CIGNA PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Tricare Reserve Select
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- MultiPlan, Inc
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- CareFirst NASCO
- IH-Open HMO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Choice POS
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- IH-Open POS II
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Navigate
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- First Health PPO
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Choice Fund PPO
- CareFirst Administrators
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- IH-Indemnity
- CareFirst EPO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- IH-POS
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- United Student Resources
- United Healthcare Choice
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- IH-PPO
- UHC Passport
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Network OA
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Medicare Direct
- Aetna Basic
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Residency: National Rehabilitation Hospital-GME (2001)
Internship: Memorial Hospital (1998)
Medical School: New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine (1997)